Schedule
Here are all the up and coming enquiry topics and events.
| Topic | Venue | Presenter | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Culture/ low culture? | The Friday Forum (Liverpool) | Corrie | 25/05/2018 | 14:00 |
| Good taste or bad taste? By what criteria can we judge literature,poetry , art etc? Or is it all subjective? What influences our taste? | ||||
| PIPs AGM | The Ship & Mitre (upstairs) | Merseyside Committee | 25/05/2018 | 18:30 |
| PIP’s Annual General Meeting (6.30pm) Ship & Mitre pub (upstairs room) - Dale Street, Liverpool. This year’s Annual General Meeting is open to all PIP members as usual. We would hope to see all Merseyside groups represented by respective group organisers or members. There will be some food available post meeting, and possibly some live music and song to accompany the evening’s socialising. | ||||
| Is 'beauty' in the eye of the beholder? | The Crown Hotel (Liverpool) | Open forum | 28/05/2018 | 14:30 |
| OPEN FORUM | The Victoria Hotel (Waterloo) | 29/05/2018 | 18:30 | |
| New PIP Group - Opening night! | The Old Library (Leamington Spa) | Jordon | 31/05/2018 | 19:30 |
| Warwickshire's first PIP group - all welcome - drop in, relax, and get serious. | ||||
| Our Mutual Friend | The Queen Hotel | Claire | 03/06/2018 | 13:00 |
| Chester Literature in Pubs (CLIPS) | ||||
| What do we mean by success? | The Crown Hotel (Liverpool) | Open forum | 04/06/2018 | 14:30 |
| Critical reflection and rational dialogue? | The Sportsman (Huddersfield) | The group | 04/06/2018 | 19:00 |
| What can we do to practise critical reflection and rational dialogue? ...........................(Based on Richard Creel’s Thinking Philosophically). | ||||
| What does our future hold? The ideas of Yuval Noah Harari in "Homo Deus" | Ramsbottom (Rose & Crown) | Ian | 04/06/2018 | 19:30 |
| Education...? | The Wellington (Bebington Village) | Paul D | 06/06/2018 | 14:00 |
| Has PC gone too far? | The Windmill Pub Southport | Derek | 06/06/2018 | 19:00 |
| What is really causing Global Warming? | The Blue Bell (Eccles) | 06/06/2018 | 19:30 | |
| Will you come dressed in a Parka or a Bikini? | ||||
| None. No forum today. | The Friday Forum (Liverpool) | 08/06/2018 | 00:00 | |
| No Friday Forum today because of Conference in Adephi | ||||
| PIP's National Conference | Adelphi Hotel (Liverpool City Centre) | Conference sub-committee | 08/06/2018 | 16:00 |
| PIP's National Conference | Adelphi Hotel (Liverpool City Centre) | Merseyside committee | 09/06/2018 | 09:00 |
| PIP's National Conference | Adelphi Hotel (Liverpool City Centre) | Conference sub-committee | 10/06/2018 | 09:00 |
| Anger? | The Crown Hotel (Liverpool) | Paul D | 11/06/2018 | 14:30 |
| Film Groundhog Day | The Greyhound (Newcastle-under-Lyme) | Group | 13/06/2018 | 19:30 |
| Members create best questions to ask | ||||
| Technology Friend or Foe? | The Greyhound (Ormskirk) | Steve | 14/06/2018 | 07:30 |
| Censorship & Freedom | The Woodthorpe (Prestwich) | Estelle | 14/06/2018 | 19:45 |
| Robinson Cruaoe | The Railway Pub (LIPS) | Mary | 18/06/2018 | 18:30 |
| Literature in Pubs | ||||
| What does it mean to be human? | The Perch Rock Hotel (Wallasey) | 18/06/2018 | 19:00 | |
| What do we mean by 'Culture' ? | The Wellington (Bebington Village) | Arthur | 20/06/2018 | 14:00 |
| The Spirit & Soul | The Windmill Pub Southport | Joan | 20/06/2018 | 19:00 |
| International Space Station; Is it a luxury, or a beacon of international co-operation? | The Blue Bell (Eccles) | 20/06/2018 | 19:30 | |
| TBA | The George Hotel (Bridport) | 27/06/2018 | 19:30 | |
| King Lear | The Queen Hotel | Russell | 01/07/2018 | 13:00 |
| Chester Literature in Pubs (CLIPS) | ||||
| Sport: who is it good for? | The Sportsman (Huddersfield) | The group | 02/07/2018 | 19:00 |
| Is the Kalam cosmological argument a compelling argument for the existence of a deity? | Ramsbottom (Rose & Crown) | Martin | 02/07/2018 | 19:30 |
| The Ideal Constitution! | The Wellington (Bebington Village) | Open forum | 04/07/2018 | 14:00 |
| What is the Purpose of Fiction? | The Windmill Pub Southport | Kate | 04/07/2018 | 19:00 |
| How can I bring about big change | The Blue Bell (Eccles) | 04/07/2018 | 19:30 | |
| Leave the Kalishnikov at home, please. | ||||
| Spinoza (An Introduction) | The Woodthorpe (Prestwich) | 09/07/2018 | 19:45 | |
| Tales of Mystery & Imagination | The Railway Pub (LIPS) | Tad | 16/07/2018 | 18:30 |
| Literature in Pubs Liverpool | ||||
| When does belief become brainwashing? | The Blue Bell (Eccles) | 18/07/2018 | 19:30 | |
| Bring a Bible and some Brainsoap. | ||||
| Is love the meaning of life? If not what is? | The Sportsman (Huddersfield) | The Thinkers | 06/08/2018 | 19:00 |
| Debt and Bureaucracy through History | The Sportsman (Huddersfield) | The Thinkers | 03/09/2018 | 19:00 |
| David Graeber shows Debt and Bureaucracy grow and then crash repeatedly through History. How long will our present debts and bureaucracies last? | ||||
| How much does gender/sex matter? | The Sportsman (Huddersfield) | The Thinkers | 01/10/2018 | 19:00 |
| Which wars are just? | The Sportsman (Huddersfield) | The Thinkers | 05/11/2018 | 19:00 |
| 1) most important + 2) most enjoyable books. | The Sportsman (Huddersfield) | The Thinkers | 03/12/2018 | 19:00 |
| We choose the evenings topic on the night | The Exchange (Leicester) | Group | 02/12/2020 | 00:00 |